Mystery History Podcast

Randy Stair, a deeply disturbed troubled young youtuber who was obsessed with death and the Columbine Shootings should have been stopped. Come listen to Allison and Rachel discuss Randy's life leading up to the terrible and terrifying crime he committed and all the hurt he left in his wake. Episode art: @jamy.gearhart.art Join our $2 or $5 tier Patreon to receive 100+ bonus episodes, and coupon co...

On the final part of Heaven's Gate, we discuss Heaven's Gate inception and the mass suicide that took place in 1997, resulting in 39 deaths.  All members were wearing the same signature outfit of a long sleeved black shirt, black pants, and new black Nike tennis shoes.  Their hair was cropped close, and their shirts had patches that read "Heavens' Gate Away Team."    We le...

In episode 125, part 1 of Heaven's Gate, we discuss the early life of Marshall Applewhite, co-leader of Heaven's Gate, and his platonic soulmate Bonnie Nettles.  We learn that Heaven's Gate was not the first name this cult used in it's early years, being originally named Anonymous Sexaholics Celibate Church and morphing into a few others along the way.  We learn about their converts, how...

The Winchester House started construction in 1884 by Sarah Pardee Winchester, heiress of the Winchester Repeating Arms Fortune.  After tragedy struck several times, she was left all alone.  Sarah decided to visit a spiritual healer, who told her that the victims killed by the Winchester rifles her family manufactured were seeking revenge by taking the lives of her family. The spiritualis...

In this 2 parter, we find mother Maggie" Murdaugh, 52, and the couple's youngest son, Paul Murdaugh, 22 were shot and killed at The Moselle propoerty.   Alex Murdaugh, father, is the one who calls 911, but did he have something to do with their murders?  Greed & power make people do crazy things, and Alex Murdaugh wanted it all.    Who killed the housekeeper?  Who was...

The Murdaugh Family was an influential family who had 3 successive generations in controlling the local prosecutors office in South Carolina. Prosecuting all criminal cases can come in handy when your family might not be above board.  This family has been shrouded in scandal for several years, all starting with a "boating accident" and seaways to another accident with their long time nanny/ho...

May 2008 - Brandon Swanson was making his way home after the end of Spring Semester party at Minnesota West Community and Technical Campus near Canby.   Brandon somehow lost control of his Chevy Lumina and ended up in a ditch unable to drive his car.  He called his parents and told him where he believed he had crashed and told them he was OK, but needed a ride.   Brandon's parents g...

Annie Börjesson was 30 years old when on December 4th, 2005 she was found dead on a beach in Scotland.  Her death was ruled a suicide by authorities, but Annie's friends and parents think otherwise.   In the months leading up to her death, Annie's behavior was very strange.  She was originally from Sweden, but had a soft spot for Scotland and moved back and forth several times. &nbs...

Some of you might have a subscription to a little app called Netflix, and most of you probably heard the hype or lack thereof, of a show called The Watcher.  If you are part of the 125 Million people who viewed it within 5 days, or the other millions who watched it after a week, you all know the story that was told.   Want to know the real story?  Tune in as Allison and Rachel go th...

**Disclaimer**  This is our return episode after stepping away for a month.  The intro is a solid 20 minutes long, so if you want to get straight to the story, skip ahead.  We were excited and had lots to talk about.  **Second Disclaimer**  We will be playing MANY files of EVP, ESTES method, and SPIRIT BOX sessions.  These audio files are typically louder, so when we...

In this episode we discuss the history of tuberculosis and the beginning stages of Waverly Hills.   Did you know that in the mid-1800's, people associated the symptoms of consumption with feminine beauty?  It was said that the illness caused pale skin and made them become thin because of their lack of appetite from the disease. It was called consumptive chic.   Once germ theory was...

John Alexander Lawson was born on August 12th 1978 in San Francisco, CA.  After his parents split, his mother moved him to Clemmons, NC.   John was a troubled boy from the start who dealt with agoraphobia and schizophrenia.  His mother tried to get him help, but it was too expensive which caused him to decline rapidly.  Mixed in to these mental illnesses was alcoholism since th...

Brian Deneke was a 19-year old kid in Amarillo, TX who was involved in the punk scene.   Dustin Camp was a 17-year old kid in Amarillo TX who was a football player.   These 2 worlds collided explosively on December 12, 1997.  After a night of heavy drinking, Dustin deliberately ran Brian over with his car, left him to die, and went home to sleep. Dustin was arrested and the trial sp...

Joanna Dennehy always had a troubled life, but in England in 2012, something snapped inside of her. Joanna went on a 10-day murder spree that lead to the death of 3 men and the attempted murder of 2 men who were at the wrong place at the wrong time.   Police finally tracker her down, along with her 2 accomplices, Gary "Stretch" Richards and Leslie Layton, that helped her dispose of the bodies...

Westboro Baptist Church has been labeled a hate group by the Anti-Defamation League and Southern Poverty Law Center, along with any sane person who has heard their rhetoric.  Pastor Fred Phelps started the church in 1955 and their congregation is made up of Fred, his family members, and some brain-washed friends.   They are most known for picketing outside military funerals, celebrity funerals, an...

Harold Shipman, just another friendly family practitioner in England..... NOOOOOOT.  Harold Shipman is one of the most prolific serial killers in modern history.    He was suspected by the undertaker who was seeing a high number of his patients with the same cause of death and in the same position. In 1998, one of Shipman's patients, Kathleen Grundy, who was an 81 year old acti...

Retired shop owner Jerry Selbee spent most of his mornings hanging around gas stations drinking coffee and reading the Detriot times.  During one of these many mornings, in 2003, Jerry read the back of a lottery ticket game called Winfall and after 2 minutes of doing an analysis found a loop hole in the game that made the game profitable to the player.  After playing a few games to test...

Vlad the Imapler...what a guy.  The history of Vlad the Imapler is like a Real Housewives of Transylvania episode from the 1400s, grown men murdering thousands to be ruler of Wallachia.  There are a lot of people involved in this history lesson, so if you enjoyed keeping the people in Game of Thrones straight, you'll enjoy this.  If you hate when people pronounce words incorrectly,...

August 28, 2003 Brian Wells, who is a 46 year old pizza delivery driver for Mama Mia's Pizzeria in Erie, PA takes a phone call from a customer around 1:30 pm wanting 2 small sausage & pepperoni pizza's delivered to 8631 Peach Street, a few miles from the pizzeria.   A half hour later, Brian approaches PNC Bank at Summit Towne Center on Peach Street and demands $250,000 from the teller. He...

Monday, February 13, 2017 Liberty German (14 years old) and Abigail Williams (13 years old) are dropped off at Monon High Bridge trail in Delphi, IN around 1:30pm. Libby's father Derrick was going to contact the girls and pick them up from the trail once he was done with work. Around 3:15ish, Derrick pulls in to the parking lot to pick up the girls and is having trouble getting ahold of them. &nbs...

Torture devices are meant to inflict severe pain or death as a means of punishment or coercion.   Allison visited the Museum of Historic Torture Devices in Wisconsin Dells and was not aware of how many different devices there were.   In this episode, Rachel and Allison go through 34 different torture devices and pick which is their least favorite.   Which one do you think is the wor...

Slender Man is a fictional character that was created in 2009 and went viral on websites like Creepy Pasta.  This "being" was a super tall skinny figure who was pale white, had no facial features, and had extremely long hands or tentacles.  Slender Man is said to kidnap children and encourage them to kill others. In 2014,  three 14 year old girls would bring Slender Man into the lim...

In 1969 Helle Nielsen, who was a 21 year old stewardess met Richard Crafts waiting for a flight.  Richard was a pilot and the two fell in love.  The two were married in 1979 and had 3 children, but the marriage was rocky.  Richard was abusive to Helle and soon Helle started looking into divorce attorneys and hired a private investigator to follow Richard. November 18, 1986, Helle's...

This is a story you have to hear to believe.. During a vacation in Ocean City, a couple decided to rob a Hooters to sell items online. This wasn't their first robbery of a Hooters, but it would certainty be their last.  After an alarm was tripped police arrested Erika & Benjamin Sifrit but they quickly learned robbery wasn't the worst thing they had done lately...they actually murdered an...

In this episode we take you across the country to some of the most haunted restaurants known to man and some locally haunted restaurants near your hosts...  Brentwood Wine Bistro - South Carolina  Captain Tony's Saloon - Florida Moon River Brewing Company - Georgia  Muriel's - Louisiana Jean Bonnet Tavern - Pennsylvania  The Golden Lamb - Ohio Ye Olde Tavern - Ohio The Amber Ro...